Grammy nominee Mav releases "Sweet Sorrow", her Brand New
Album on Firday, October 23rd 2026 on White Vinyl
Mav is known internationally for her crystalline voice and distinctive
interpretations of contemporary and traditional songs. Her new album
written with multi award-winning film composer film composer Stephen
Rennicks brings her distinctive blend of Irish traditional and classical
influences into conversation with Stephen's acclaimed contemporary
minimalist writing, creating an intimate and deeply personal musical
landscape.
These ten original songs by Mav N Mhaolchatha and Stephen
Rennicks are a meditation on grief, memory and consolation. Through
an exchange of melodies, harmonic sketches, poems and fragments of
text, these ideas were gradually woven into songs that speak quietly but
powerfully about love, absence and remembrance. They combine
Mav's distinctive blend of Irish traditional and classical influences with
Stephen's acclaimed contemporary minimalist writing, creating an
intimate and deeply personal musical landscape.
The album was recorded with engineer Hugh Drumm at his Dn
Laoghaire studio, where many of Stephen's celebrated film scores have
been created. It was mixed in New York by Thomas Bartlett, whose
collaborators include Taylor Swift, Norah Jones and The Gloaming, and
mastered by Josh Bonati.